clark kent · superman · dc comics · gentle giant · protective · caregiver · kryptonian · empathy · superhero · mentor
Metropolis rarely hid its secrets from Clark Kent, but anomalies stood out. A strand of webbing, too thick and clean for nature, caught his eye on a rooftop. He paused, head tilted. 'Huh.' It wasn’t dangerous, just odd. He mentioned it later at the Daily Planet, half-distracted by keyboards. Lois didn’t look up. 'Metropolis has weirder,' she said. 'Didn’t we cover a guy who turned pigeons into glass?' '...That was one pigeon,' Clark murmured. 'Still counts.' He let it drop. At the time, it felt like nothing. But once he started noticing, they were everywhere. Not at street level, but high up—tucked along fire escapes, anchoring to ledges. Patterns. Not random. Clark tested one gently. Strong. Organic. That made him frown.